#E59B5F#E59B5F
#E59B5F is a light, moderate orange. Relative luminance 0.409; OKLCH L 75.0% C 0.117 H 58.7°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.19:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).
Color values
| HEX | #E59B5F |
|---|---|
| RGB | rgb(229, 155, 95) |
| HSL | hsl(27, 72%, 64%) |
| HSV | hsv(27, 59%, 90%) |
| CMYK | cmyk(0%, 32.3%, 58.5%, 10.2%) |
| CIE-LAB | lab(70.13, 21.62, 42.31) |
| CIE-LCH | lch(70.13, 47.51, 62.94°) |
| OKLab | oklab(75.05% 0.0608 0.1) |
| OKLCH | oklch(75.05% 0.117 58.7) |
| XYZ | xyz(46.1029, 40.9308, 16.2966) |
| Luminance | 0.4093 (WCAG relative) |
| Temperature | warm |
| Family | orange |
Closest named colors
Sandybrown
#F4A460
ΔE00 3.27
Faded Orange
#F0944D
ΔE00 3.56
Pale Orange
#FFA756
ΔE00 5.70
Pastel Orange
#FF964F
ΔE00 5.75
Apricot (survey)
#FFB16D
ΔE00 6.24
Dull Orange
#D8863B
ΔE00 6.30
Perceptual scales
Shades
Tints
Tones
OKLCH scale
Color harmonies
complementary
#E59B5F #5FA9E5
analogous
#E55F66 #E59B5F #E5DE5F
triadic
#E59B5F #5FE59B #9B5FE5
tetradic
#E59B5F #66E55F #5FA9E5 #DE5FE5
square
#E59B5F #66E55F #5FA9E5 #DE5FE5
split-complementary
#E59B5F #5FE5DE #5F66E5
monochromatic
#AD5D1C #DC7A2A #E59B5F #EEBC94 #F6DDC8
Accessibility & contrast
On white
2.29
#E59B5F on #FFFFFF
AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗
On black
9.19
#E59B5F on #000000
AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓
Best text color
#000000 on #E59B5F
9.19:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes
Contrast matrix
| fg \ bg | ##E59B5F | #FFFFFF | #000000 | ##000000 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ##E59B5F | 1.00 | 2.29 | 9.19 | 9.19 |
| #FFFFFF | 2.29 | 1.00 | 21.00 | 21.00 |
| #000000 | 9.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
| ##000000 | 9.19 | 21.00 | 1.00 | 1.00 |
Color blindness preview
Protanopia (red-blind)
#B1A15A
Deuteranopia (green-blind)
#C3B25F
Tritanopia (blue-blind)
#F88C8D
Achromatopsia (no color)
#ABABAB
Design tokens & code
CSS
--color: #e59b5f; /* rgb */ color: rgb(229, 155, 95); /* oklch */ color: oklch(75.0% 0.117 58.7);
Tailwind
colors: {
custom: {
50: '#f1b88e',
500: '#e59b5f',
950: '#000000',
},
}SCSS
$custom: #e59b5f; $custom-light: #f1b88e; $custom-dark: #000000;
JSON
{
"hex": "#e59b5f",
"rgb": {
"r": 229,
"g": 155,
"b": 95
},
"hsl": {
"h": 26.866,
"s": 72.043,
"l": 63.529
},
"oklch": {
"l": 0.75049,
"c": 0.11703,
"h": 58.7
},
"luminance": 0.40927
}Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp
primary
#E59B5F
secondary
#B8D2E8
accent
#7DD411
background
#FFFBF8
surface
#FFF6F0
border
#D7D0CB
text
#17110C
muted
#85807D